Cole Porter
Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. Many of his songs became standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadway and in Hollywood films. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, Porter defied his grandfather's wishes for him to practice law and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn to musical theatre. After a slow start, he began to achieve success in the 1920s, and by the 1930s, was one of the major songwriters for the Broadway stage. Unlike many successful Broadway composers, Porter wrote both music and lyrics. After a serious horseback riding accident in 1937, Porter was left disabled and in constant pain, but he continued to work. His shows of the early 1940s did not contain the lasting hits of his best work of the 1920s and 1930s, but in 1948 he made a triumphant comeback with his most successful musical, Kiss Me, Kate. It won the first Tony Award for Best Musical. Porter's other musicals include Fifty Million Frenchmen, DuBarry Was a Lady, Anything Goes, Can-Can and Silk Stockings. Hit songs include "Night and Day", "Begin the Beguine", "I Get a Kick Out of You", "Well, Did You Evah!", "I've Got You Under My Skin", "Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love", "My Heart Belongs to Daddy", and "You're the Top". He also composed scores for films from the 1930s through the 1950s, including Born to Dance (1936), which features "You'd Be So Easy to Love"; Rosalie (1937), which features "In the Still of the Night"; High Society (1956), which features "True Love"; and Les Girls (1957), which features "Ça, C'est L'amour".
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
(Self (archive footage))
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
(Self (archive footage))
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour
(Self (archive footage))
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk
(Self (archive footage))
Public Speaking
(Self (archive footage))
De-Lovely
(Musical Performer - "You're The Top")
The Ed Sullivan Show
(Self)
20th Century Greats
(Self (archive footage))
Manhattan Murder Mystery
(Music)
High Society
(Original Music Composer)
Can-Can
(Lyricist)
Can-Can
(Music)
Let's Face It
(Songs)
Love, Linda: The Life of Mrs. Cole Porter
(Lyricist)
Love, Linda: The Life of Mrs. Cole Porter
(Music)
Kiss Me, Kate
(Lyricist)
Love, Linda: The Life of Mrs. Cole Porter
(Songs)
Kiss Me Kate
(Songs)
Silk Stockings
(Lyricist)
Rosalie
(Original Music Composer)
Anything Goes
(Musical)
Evil Under the Sun
(Music)
Kiss Me, Kate
(Original Music Composer)
Kiss Me, Kate
(Original Music Composer)
Anything Goes
(Lyricist)
Anything Goes
(Songs)
Anything Goes
(Songs)
Anything Goes
(Lyricist)
Anything Goes
(Songs)
Anything Goes
(Lyricist)
Night and Day
(Songs)
Night and Day
(Lyricist)
All Star Melody Masters
(Lyricist)
De-Lovely
(Songs)
Panama Hattie
(Lyricist)
Something for the Boys
(Lyricist)
Les Girls
(Lyricist)
De-Lovely
(Lyricist)
Born to Dance
(Lyricist)
Something to Shout About
(Lyricist)
At Long Last Love
(Songs)
Du Barry Was a Lady
(Lyricist)
Let's Face It
(Lyricist)
At Long Last Love
(Lyricist)
Something for the Boys
(Songs)
You'll Never Get Rich
(Songs)
Born to Dance
(Songs)
Paree, Paree
(Songs)
The Pirate
(Songs)
Broadway Melody of 1940
(Songs)
Rosalie
(Songs)
Hollywood Canteen
(Lyricist)
Paree, Paree
(Lyricist)
Hollywood Canteen
(Songs)
Rosalie
(Lyricist)
Broadway Melody of 1940
(Lyricist)
You'll Never Get Rich
(Lyricist)
Panama Hattie
(Songs)
Something to Shout About
(Songs)
The Pirate
(Lyricist)
All Star Melody Masters
(Songs)
Les Girls
(Songs)
Du Barry Was a Lady
(Songs)
Aladdin
(Lyricist)
Aladdin
(Songs)
Kiss Me, Kate
(Music)
Let's Make Love
(Songs)
Can-Can
(Songs)
50 Million Frenchmen
(Music)
50 Million Frenchmen
(Musical)
Can-Can / Nightless Castle in Manhattan
(Original Music Composer)
You'll Never Get Rich
(Music)
Paree, Paree
(Music)
Born to Dance
(Music)
The Gay Divorcee
(Lyricist)
The Gay Divorcee
(Music)
Paris
(Theatre Play)
Anything Goes
(Songs)
Anything Goes
(Lyricist)
Kiss Me, Kate
(Lyricist)
Kiss Me, Kate
(Songs)
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
(Music)
Kiss Me Kate: BBC Proms
(Sound)
Aladdin
(Music Director)
Kiss Me, Kate
(Music)
High Society
(Lyricist)
Kiss Me Kate
(Music)
Kiss Me Kate
(Lyricist)
Kiss Me, Kate
(Songs)
¡Joropo!
(Music)
Kiss Me, Kate
(Original Music Composer)
Can-Can
(Original Music Composer)
Les Girls
(Original Music Composer)
Silk Stockings
(Original Music Composer)
Kiss Me Kate
(Original Music Composer)
Night and Day
(Original Music Composer)
Something for the Boys
(Original Music Composer)
Du Barry Was a Lady
(Original Music Composer)
You'll Never Get Rich
(Original Music Composer)
Born to Dance
(Original Music Composer)
Anything Goes
(Original Music Composer)
The Pirate
(Original Music Composer)
Anything Goes
(Original Music Composer)
Anything Goes
(Original Music Composer)
Paris in the Springtime
(Songs)
Paris in the Springtime
(Lyricist)
The Battle of Paris
(Songs)
The Battle of Paris
(Lyricist)
That's Entertainment, Part II
(Thanks)
DuPont Show of the Month
(Original Music Composer)